Races set at county, state and federal level for May 22 Primary Election

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Qualifying ended Friday for county, state and federal General Primary for the midterm elections in November 2018. The primary election will take place on May 22, 2018 with a runoff on July 24 should it be required. The General Election will take place on Nov. 6, 2018 with runoff for county or state races should any be required on Dec. 10, 2018 and on Jan. 8, 2019 should any be required in federal races.

In County races, three candidates, all Republicans, qualified to replace District 1 Commissioner Tommy Stringer who passed away on Feb. 17 of this year during his term of office. Walton County Chairman Kevin Little said the Republican winner of this primary would be appointed to serve as the District 1 Commissioner prior to the term of the office to begin in January. Bo Warren, Chris Yancey and Roger Hale qualified to run for this post. Incumbent commissioners Lee Bradford and Jeremy Adams qualified unopposed in their Republican primaries for Commission Districts 4 and 5 respectively and neither positions had any primary qualifiers from any other party.

In the Walton County Board of Education races, Brian Krawczyk (Republican) and Simoen Kapers (Democrat) qualified for District 1 to replace current District 1 BOE member Lynn Hill who did not qualify. Republican Karen Brown qualified unopposed for BOE District 2 to replace Incumbent Jeremy Kilburn who also did not qualify.

At the state level, Sen. Burt Jones (R-District 25), Rep. Tom Kirby (R-Loganville), Rep. Bruce Williamson (R-Monroe) and Rep. Brett Harrell (R-Snellville) all qualified unopposed in the primaries, with no Democratic opposition in November. Harrell’s District 106 includes parts of Loganville in Gwinnett County.

At the federal level, U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (G-10) faces two Republican opponents in the May Primary. The winner will face off against the winner of three potential Democratic candidates in November. Running against Hice in the Republican Primary are Bradly Griffin, and Joe Hunt. Democratic candidates are Chalis Montgomery, Richard Dien Winfield and Tabitha A. Johnson-Green.

Most other statewide positions from the governor on down have challengers, if not in the primaries at least in the November midterms.